ance to the abdomen. Tergal plates, except segment I, entire and trans- 

 versely continuous. Male abdomen with segment IX much reduced, not pro- 

 truding and scarcely demarcated from segment VIII. 



Carduioeps meinertzhageni Timmermann, 195Aa 



Carduiaeps meinertzhageni Timmermann, 1954a. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 



(12), 7: 44, fig. 6b. 

 Type host: Erolia alpina (Linnaeus) — Dunlin. 

 Other New England host: 

 Erolia maratima (Brunnich) — Purple Sandpiper. 



Male genitalia characterized by the long basal plate, which does 

 not extend as far forward as the penis. The endomeral complex is in- 

 verted, narrow and bottle shaped; parameres short, broad and strongly 

 curved. Female similar to male but larger. 



Measurements: C. meinertzhageni ex. Erolia alpina 



d * 



Head Length .32 - .35 



Head Width .26 - .28 



Prothorax Width - 



Pterothorax Width - 



Abdomen Length - 



Abdomen Width - 



Total Length 1.24 - 1.31 



* From Timmermann (1954a) (Range) 



Specimens Host Locality 



Hampton, NH 



3 9 



3 9 



2 9 



Erolia alpina 

 Erolia maritima 



Date 



X-10-1964 

 X-24-1965 



Collector 



J.E.K. 

 B.Barrett 



Measurements: C. meinertzhageni ex. Erolia maritima 



2 9 



Head Length 

 Head Width 

 Prothorax Width 

 Abdomen Length 

 Abdomen Width 

 Total Length 



.35 

 .28 

 .15 

 .93 



.40 

 1.50 



.37 

 .30 

 .15 



1.06 

 .40 



1.68 



Carduiaeps zonarius (Nitzsch, 1866) 



Nirmus zonarius Nitzsch, 1866. Z. ges. NatWiss., 28: 274. 

 Nirmus oomplexivus Kellogg and Chapman, 1899. Occ. Pap. Calif. 



Acad. Sci., 6: 75, pi. 6, fig. 3. 

 Carduiaeps eroliae Carriker, 1956. Florida Ent . , 39: 123, figs. 



68-70b. 

 Carduiaeps pusillus Carriker, 1956. Florida Ent., 39: 125, figs. 



70a, 71 and 72. 

 Type host: Erolia minuta (Leisler) . 



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